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William Armstrong
Born1833
Died1899
Other namesDuff Armstrong
Known forMurder trial and defense by Abraham Lincoln

William "Duff" Armstrong (c. 1833–1899) was an American Union Army soldier and the defendant in an 1858 murder prosecution in which he was defended by Abraham Lincoln, four years before Lincoln was elected President of the United States. The case would later be portrayed in the 1939 film Young Mr. Lincoln.

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